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Volume 78, Number 32
WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EDU
Friday, February 9,2001
Under Fire
JEN DIAZ / Hurricane Staff
TOWN MEETING: Student Government President Shane Weaver moderates a panel discussion between heads of major University departments and students in the University Center s International Lounge, Tuesday afternoon.
School heads answer student questions
By Aubrey Andel
Hurricane Staff Write
A Student Government Town Meeting was held in the University Center International Lounge, Tuesday, giving students the opportunity to interact with and ask tough questions of school administrators.
Departmental heads from Parking and Transportation, Public Safety, Residence Life, Facilities, Dining and Vending, and Academics Departments were all present for the open forum.
Every aspect of a UM student’s life— from freshman to graduate concerns- -were addressed.
Regarding freshmen, one student asked why the University requires them to live on campus Unless they have family in the South Florida area.
“We want them to get plugged into the University?’ answered Director of Residence Halls Bob Redick. “In the absence of family in the area, it’s a good starting point.”
Many students had questions con-
cerning meal plans in the residence halls, once they are on campus.
One asked if there was a possibility that students in the residential colleges could have the option of not having to buy the plans and arrange for their own food.
Redick answered that the residential colleges do not have kitchens, and that the meal plans are a lot cheaper and convenient than going to the nearby McDonald’s or Wendy’s every day.
Another student pointed out that she only uses 8-I0 meals of her 14-meal plan. She said she would like the option to extend her unused meals to a friend who may be visiting, or to a fellow student who has used up their meals.
Director of Auxiliary Services Mel Tenen answered the point simply: “They’re not transferable, they’re designed to be used by the student. You haw the opportunity to use all of the 14 meals.”
Tenen did say that the cost of the meal plan will be reduced by 2 percent for the upcoming year, and that there will be another very expensive renovation at the Mahoney-Pearson Cafeteria.
Colombo Yogurt and J 8r J Pretzel will be replaced by Jamba Juice, said Tennen, and the extended cafeteria hours until 9 p.m. will be permanent.
Another point of contention raised by a resident student was why the windows in Eaton, Mahoney and Pearson Residential Colleges are permanently
sealed.
Redick said that the humidity in Florida is 85 percent, so, if people on one side of the building were to open their windows, and people on the other side left their windows dosed, mold would be a major problem.
“We do bring fresh air in through the AC in your room, which is filtered air? Redick said. There are three AC filter changes a year, he said.
Director of the Physical Plant Michael White also announced that students from the College of Engineering will be starting a new recycling program in the Residential Colleges.
One of the major topics of the night concerning commuter and as resident students was the problem with parking “1 notice that there are literally no spots open.” one student said.“As far as I can tell, the University is making a whole lot of money, but there is nothing being done to alleviate the problem.”
Director of Parking and Transportation Sandra Redway said that the best thing for commuters to do to ease the situation is to park on the perimeter lots and take the shuttles.
The Parking and Transportation Department will be adding two more floors to the Ponce Garage in coming months and a new garage yielding 1,000 spaces is also in the works, Redway said.
She also said that over the last year, the number of parking citations has been reduced.
Association of Commuter Students member junior Gina Beovides asked why the University did not dose during a major storm for the second time in recent memory with last year’s Hurricane Irene.
Redick said the turning of the hurricane took University administrators by surprise last Oct 17. Next time, they will try to give students, especially commuter students, an earlier warning, he said.
“We really don’t want you out there in those conditions,” Redick said.
SG President Shane Weaver, the meeting’s moderator, also said he would like to see the problem fixed.
“Hopefully, if the rest of the county is dosed, we will follow that policy,"Weaver said.
Freshman lisa Morales shared her point of view concerning disrepair in the Richter Library stacks, starting another of the meeting’s discussions.
“The conditions are so poor,” Morales
"See MEETING • Page 2
Local media almost thwart University’s hospital buyout
By Prtya Idlculla
Hurricane Staff Writer
The University of Miami Medical School is in early, secret negotiations with HcalthSouth Doctors Hospital to possibly buy the hospital from the HcalthSouth Corporation of Birmingham, Alabama.
“Our discussions with HealthSouth are in very preliminary fact finding stages,” said Becky Riordan director of Media Relations at the UM School of Medicine, Monday.
“More importantly, both sides havjp signed a confidentiality agree-
ment regarding the talks, so neither party is allowed to discuss the situation.”
Riordan said that local media attention to the move last month could have had negative results on the talks.
“Considering the local and healthcare trade stories that have resulted in the past couple of weeks, there must be someone who spoke inappropriately, however the agreement is still in effect. When or if the time is right, more information may be made available in the future,” she said. ^
The press coverage included an article in The Miami Herald on Jan.
23.
Due to the confidentiality agreement executives from both sides- of the talks would not comment to the media then, or to The Hurricane now.
Doctors Hospital is located in Coral Gables near the University of Miami’s main campus. The hospital is prized for its sports-medicine program and HealthSouth is the nation’s largest provider of outpatient surgery and rehabilitative healthcare services.
Doctors Hospital will join UM’s two other hospitals, the Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital—a patient care facility of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute—and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, both of which are on the jackson Memorial Hospital campiis.
UM is widely recognized for its affiliation with Jackson Memorial, near downtown Miami, jackson is a teaching hospital that is partially upported by taxpayer dollars | The Herald article said that UM has been in “expansion mode" for the
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Israel supported on campus
Jewish students meet to discuss Mid-East peace
Ayelet Shuber
Humcane Staff Writer
A meeting of University students to discuss the current political situation in the Middle East seemed to have a singular theme, Tliesday at the Mahoney Residential College.
Namely, that Jewish students on campus want people to be better informed about the situation in Israel.
On the eve of a crucial Israeli election—with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process almost in tatters—the * small, mostly Jewish group met to discuss Mid-East peace in an informal atmosphere.
Senior Isaac Blumberg said he believes that positive involvement in programs relating to Israel is very
important for ■ i
“A lot of the students who attend these kinds of programs really care about Israel. They don’t want to just read about it. They’d rather be involved,” he said.
Eric Wallace, senior and president of the Miami Israel Political Action Committee, agreed. “The most important thing is to be involved. If you don’t know what’s going on then you can’t do anything.”
He cited contact with members of Congress about Israel and working to counter any anti-Israel sentiment on campus as ways that students can get involved in promoting issues of relevance to Israel.
, Students expressed various opinions about Israel and the peace process with the aid of moderator Iris Mizrachi, Southeast regional director of the University Student Division of the World Zionist Organization’s Hagshama program.
According to the organization’s literature, the program attempts to bring “the campus to Israel and Israel to the campus.”
Mizrachi sparked the conversation by encouraging students to free-write on topics such as “the peace process,” “Arafat,” and “the media’s portrayal of Israel.”
Part of her job is to ensure that students “have the tools to answer back” to allegations against Israel and to provide “information about the press” and “Israel resources on campus,” she said.
Many of those attending the meetings said Israel plays an important role in their lives and that they are active in pro-Israeli causes.
There was also a general consensus that there i$ a vital need for a reinforced connection between American Jewry and Israel, which these UM students largely represented.
“It’s important to get people educated, to get them the truth about what’s really happening so that they don’t just have preconceived notions or are just following the media portrayal, which doesn’t always do a great job,” said Kevin Brill, a senior at Florida International University who also attended the meeting.
Other students also stressed the importance of political involvement.
Senior Michelle Musicer said that she thinks “that it’s important that the youth movement be politically active because it is our opinions and actions that are going to bring change.”
in politics,” said junior Anya Coverman.“The media has portrayed Israel in a negative light. I think it’s important to show the facts and to promote education about the reality in Israel.”
Many of those present recently visited Israel on the Birthright Israel trip, which offers Jewish students who have never been to the country an organized free trip there.
That fact made events that have unfolded there over the last few months seem all the more dose to home, they said.
“The ones who have been to Israel fed a strong connection to Israel and want to get involved,” said Jamie Kaminetsky, program associate at UM’s Hilld Jewish Student Center, who co-moderated the program.
Birthright Israel, she added, “sparked interest in Israeli politics and in getting involved on campus.”
“It’s almost so complicated that I don’t want to think about it anymore,” said sophomore Crystal Gopman of the reasons behind the current peace process problems. “I can see the validity of every side.”
Still, she added, “since I’ve been there, now I feel a very strong tie to it and I want to do everything I can to protect it and I’m willing to do everything I can to ensure a prosperous future for Israel.”
The meeting was followed by a speech at nearby Temple Judea on the Israeli political system by Dr. Reuven
JORGE GAU/EZ / Rxto Edtor
ONE SIDE: University students met for a meeting and workshop to cxxrfcide with Tuesday’s Israel elections

mi mu
S*
Men’s
Basketball rolls over Va. Tech
SPORTS pages
Hip-hop comes alive on campus
ACCENT page 7
Coral Gables, Florida
Since 1927
—
—
Volume 78, Number 32
WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EDU
Friday, February 9,2001
Under Fire
JEN DIAZ / Hurricane Staff
TOWN MEETING: Student Government President Shane Weaver moderates a panel discussion between heads of major University departments and students in the University Center s International Lounge, Tuesday afternoon.
School heads answer student questions
By Aubrey Andel
Hurricane Staff Write
A Student Government Town Meeting was held in the University Center International Lounge, Tuesday, giving students the opportunity to interact with and ask tough questions of school administrators.
Departmental heads from Parking and Transportation, Public Safety, Residence Life, Facilities, Dining and Vending, and Academics Departments were all present for the open forum.
Every aspect of a UM student’s life— from freshman to graduate concerns- -were addressed.
Regarding freshmen, one student asked why the University requires them to live on campus Unless they have family in the South Florida area.
“We want them to get plugged into the University?’ answered Director of Residence Halls Bob Redick. “In the absence of family in the area, it’s a good starting point.”
Many students had questions con-
cerning meal plans in the residence halls, once they are on campus.
One asked if there was a possibility that students in the residential colleges could have the option of not having to buy the plans and arrange for their own food.
Redick answered that the residential colleges do not have kitchens, and that the meal plans are a lot cheaper and convenient than going to the nearby McDonald’s or Wendy’s every day.
Another student pointed out that she only uses 8-I0 meals of her 14-meal plan. She said she would like the option to extend her unused meals to a friend who may be visiting, or to a fellow student who has used up their meals.
Director of Auxiliary Services Mel Tenen answered the point simply: “They’re not transferable, they’re designed to be used by the student. You haw the opportunity to use all of the 14 meals.”
Tenen did say that the cost of the meal plan will be reduced by 2 percent for the upcoming year, and that there will be another very expensive renovation at the Mahoney-Pearson Cafeteria.
Colombo Yogurt and J 8r J Pretzel will be replaced by Jamba Juice, said Tennen, and the extended cafeteria hours until 9 p.m. will be permanent.
Another point of contention raised by a resident student was why the windows in Eaton, Mahoney and Pearson Residential Colleges are permanently
sealed.
Redick said that the humidity in Florida is 85 percent, so, if people on one side of the building were to open their windows, and people on the other side left their windows dosed, mold would be a major problem.
“We do bring fresh air in through the AC in your room, which is filtered air? Redick said. There are three AC filter changes a year, he said.
Director of the Physical Plant Michael White also announced that students from the College of Engineering will be starting a new recycling program in the Residential Colleges.
One of the major topics of the night concerning commuter and as resident students was the problem with parking “1 notice that there are literally no spots open.” one student said.“As far as I can tell, the University is making a whole lot of money, but there is nothing being done to alleviate the problem.”
Director of Parking and Transportation Sandra Redway said that the best thing for commuters to do to ease the situation is to park on the perimeter lots and take the shuttles.
The Parking and Transportation Department will be adding two more floors to the Ponce Garage in coming months and a new garage yielding 1,000 spaces is also in the works, Redway said.
She also said that over the last year, the number of parking citations has been reduced.
Association of Commuter Students member junior Gina Beovides asked why the University did not dose during a major storm for the second time in recent memory with last year’s Hurricane Irene.
Redick said the turning of the hurricane took University administrators by surprise last Oct 17. Next time, they will try to give students, especially commuter students, an earlier warning, he said.
“We really don’t want you out there in those conditions,” Redick said.
SG President Shane Weaver, the meeting’s moderator, also said he would like to see the problem fixed.
“Hopefully, if the rest of the county is dosed, we will follow that policy,"Weaver said.
Freshman lisa Morales shared her point of view concerning disrepair in the Richter Library stacks, starting another of the meeting’s discussions.
“The conditions are so poor,” Morales
"See MEETING • Page 2
Local media almost thwart University’s hospital buyout
By Prtya Idlculla
Hurricane Staff Writer
The University of Miami Medical School is in early, secret negotiations with HcalthSouth Doctors Hospital to possibly buy the hospital from the HcalthSouth Corporation of Birmingham, Alabama.
“Our discussions with HealthSouth are in very preliminary fact finding stages,” said Becky Riordan director of Media Relations at the UM School of Medicine, Monday.
“More importantly, both sides havjp signed a confidentiality agree-
ment regarding the talks, so neither party is allowed to discuss the situation.”
Riordan said that local media attention to the move last month could have had negative results on the talks.
“Considering the local and healthcare trade stories that have resulted in the past couple of weeks, there must be someone who spoke inappropriately, however the agreement is still in effect. When or if the time is right, more information may be made available in the future,” she said. ^
The press coverage included an article in The Miami Herald on Jan.
23.
Due to the confidentiality agreement executives from both sides- of the talks would not comment to the media then, or to The Hurricane now.
Doctors Hospital is located in Coral Gables near the University of Miami’s main campus. The hospital is prized for its sports-medicine program and HealthSouth is the nation’s largest provider of outpatient surgery and rehabilitative healthcare services.
Doctors Hospital will join UM’s two other hospitals, the Anne Bates Leach Eye Hospital—a patient care facility of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute—and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, both of which are on the jackson Memorial Hospital campiis.
UM is widely recognized for its affiliation with Jackson Memorial, near downtown Miami, jackson is a teaching hospital that is partially upported by taxpayer dollars | The Herald article said that UM has been in “expansion mode" for the
f
If "" '*k'! pU“’ ^HOSPITAL .-*.^2
Israel supported on campus
Jewish students meet to discuss Mid-East peace
Ayelet Shuber
Humcane Staff Writer
A meeting of University students to discuss the current political situation in the Middle East seemed to have a singular theme, Tliesday at the Mahoney Residential College.
Namely, that Jewish students on campus want people to be better informed about the situation in Israel.
On the eve of a crucial Israeli election—with the Israeli-Palestinian peace process almost in tatters—the * small, mostly Jewish group met to discuss Mid-East peace in an informal atmosphere.
Senior Isaac Blumberg said he believes that positive involvement in programs relating to Israel is very
important for ■ i
“A lot of the students who attend these kinds of programs really care about Israel. They don’t want to just read about it. They’d rather be involved,” he said.
Eric Wallace, senior and president of the Miami Israel Political Action Committee, agreed. “The most important thing is to be involved. If you don’t know what’s going on then you can’t do anything.”
He cited contact with members of Congress about Israel and working to counter any anti-Israel sentiment on campus as ways that students can get involved in promoting issues of relevance to Israel.
, Students expressed various opinions about Israel and the peace process with the aid of moderator Iris Mizrachi, Southeast regional director of the University Student Division of the World Zionist Organization’s Hagshama program.
According to the organization’s literature, the program attempts to bring “the campus to Israel and Israel to the campus.”
Mizrachi sparked the conversation by encouraging students to free-write on topics such as “the peace process,” “Arafat,” and “the media’s portrayal of Israel.”
Part of her job is to ensure that students “have the tools to answer back” to allegations against Israel and to provide “information about the press” and “Israel resources on campus,” she said.
Many of those attending the meetings said Israel plays an important role in their lives and that they are active in pro-Israeli causes.
There was also a general consensus that there i$ a vital need for a reinforced connection between American Jewry and Israel, which these UM students largely represented.
“It’s important to get people educated, to get them the truth about what’s really happening so that they don’t just have preconceived notions or are just following the media portrayal, which doesn’t always do a great job,” said Kevin Brill, a senior at Florida International University who also attended the meeting.
Other students also stressed the importance of political involvement.
Senior Michelle Musicer said that she thinks “that it’s important that the youth movement be politically active because it is our opinions and actions that are going to bring change.”
in politics,” said junior Anya Coverman.“The media has portrayed Israel in a negative light. I think it’s important to show the facts and to promote education about the reality in Israel.”
Many of those present recently visited Israel on the Birthright Israel trip, which offers Jewish students who have never been to the country an organized free trip there.
That fact made events that have unfolded there over the last few months seem all the more dose to home, they said.
“The ones who have been to Israel fed a strong connection to Israel and want to get involved,” said Jamie Kaminetsky, program associate at UM’s Hilld Jewish Student Center, who co-moderated the program.
Birthright Israel, she added, “sparked interest in Israeli politics and in getting involved on campus.”
“It’s almost so complicated that I don’t want to think about it anymore,” said sophomore Crystal Gopman of the reasons behind the current peace process problems. “I can see the validity of every side.”
Still, she added, “since I’ve been there, now I feel a very strong tie to it and I want to do everything I can to protect it and I’m willing to do everything I can to ensure a prosperous future for Israel.”
The meeting was followed by a speech at nearby Temple Judea on the Israeli political system by Dr. Reuven
JORGE GAU/EZ / Rxto Edtor
ONE SIDE: University students met for a meeting and workshop to cxxrfcide with Tuesday’s Israel elections